''Side One'' is the thirteenth solo album by

Adrian Belew Robert Steven "Adrian" Belew (born December 23, 1949) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. A multi-instrumentalist primarily known as a guitarist and singer, he is noted for his unusual and impressionistic approach to ...

, originally released in 2005. The album features bassist

Les Claypool Leslie Edward Claypool (born September 29, 1963) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, and author. He is best known as the founder, lead singer, bassist, primary songwriter, and only continuous member of the ro ...

(from Primus) and drummer

Danny Carey Daniel Edwin Carey (born May 10, 1961) is an American musician and songwriter. He is the drummer for the American rock band Tool. He has also contributed to albums by artists such as Zaum, Green Jellö, Pigface, Skinny Puppy, Adrian Belew, Ca ...

(from

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) on its first three tracks. The track "Beat Box Guitar" was nominated for a Grammy in the "Best Rock Instrumental Performance" category in 2005. (It lost to "69 Freedom Special" by Les Paul & Friends.)

Track listing

All songs written by Adrian Belew, except where noted. # "Ampersand" – 4:23 # "Writing on the Wall" – 3:53 # "Matchless Man" – 2:32 # "Madness" (Adrian Belew,

Aram Khachaturian Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (; rus, Арам Ильич Хачатурян, , ɐˈram ɨˈlʲjitɕ xətɕɪtʊˈrʲan, Ru-Aram Ilyich Khachaturian.ogg; hy, Արամ Խաչատրյան, ''Aram Xačʿatryan''; 1 May 1978) was a Soviet and Armenia ...

) – 6:54 # "Walk Around the World" – 4:58 # "Beat Box Guitar" – 5:08 # "Under the Radar" – 1:39 # "Elephants" – 2:15 # "Pause" – 1:20

Personnel

Musicians

* Adrian Belew – all instruments and

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

– bass (tracks 1–3) *

– drums (tracks 1–2),

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(track 3) * Gary Tussing –

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G ...

(track 4) * Peter Hyrka –

violin The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...

(tracks 4, 9) * Ian Wallace – "voice of the BBC"

Technical

* Adrian Belew – producer, cover art * Ken Latchney –

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, mixing * Andrew Mendelson – mastering * Julie Rust – layout design

References

{{Authority control Adrian Belew albums 2005 albums Albums produced by Adrian Belew Sanctuary Records albums